''SNL Québec'' is a Canadian television
sketch comedy series, which aired on
Télé-Québec
The Société de télédiffusion du Québec (; en, Quebec Television Broadcasting Corporation), branded as Télé-Québec (), is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec. It is a provincial Cro ...
in 2014 and 2015.
["SNL Québec victime des compressions à Télé-Québec"]
Radio-Canada
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
, March 3, 2015.
A French language adaptation of the influential American sketch comedy series ''
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock. ...
'', the series featured both translated recreations of sketches from the original series and original material written for the Quebec series: the show's first episode included a translation of the iconic
Schweddy Balls sketch,
["Here's what we thought of SNL Québec"]
'' Cult MTL'', February 10, 2014. and a sketch in the second episode recast the leaders' debate from the
2014 provincial election as an episode of ''Un dîner presque parfait'', the French-language version of ''
Come Dine with Me''.
Cast
The show's core cast members were Katherine Levac, Virginie Fortin,
Léane Labrèche-Dor
Léane Labrèche-Dor (born July 6, 1988) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance in the film ''Laughter (Le Rire)'', for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.
Originally ...
,
Pier-Luc Funk
Pier-Luc Funk (born May 5, 1994) is a Canadian film and television actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Maxime in the 2018 film ''Genesis (Genèse)'', for which he received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2 ...
, Mathieu Quesnel, Guillaume Girard,
Mickaël Gouin and Phil Roy. Quesnel served as ''
Les nouvelles SNL'' anchor for the first two episodes,
[ with Girard and Gouin taking over thereafter.
]
Production
Initially announced as two standalone comedy specials, several further episodes were produced in 2014 and 2015 as a once-a-month series. Ten episodes, nine originals and a "best-of" compilation of sketches from the earlier episodes, were broadcast overall. As advance publicity for the first two specials, hosts Louis-José Houde
Louis-José Houde (born October 19, 1977 in Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec) is a French-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his performances in films such as ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' in 2006, '' Father and Guns (De père en flic)'' in 2009 ...
and Stéphane Rousseau each recorded segments in which they visited the New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
set of the original ''Saturday Night Live'', including brief interviews with some of ''SNL's'' cast.
Cancellation
Télé-Québec announced in early 2015 that due to cutbacks to its budget, the series would not be renewed for another season.
'' La Presse'', April 9, 2015.
Episodes
References
External links
''SNL Québec''
2014 Canadian television series debuts
2015 Canadian television series endings
Saturday Night Live
Television shows filmed in Montreal
2010s Canadian sketch comedy television series
Télé-Québec original programming
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